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README.md

ADK Task as Sub-agent Sample

Overview

This sample demonstrates how a "task mode" agent can act as a sub-agent to an LLM agent, effectively extracting structured data from a conversational flow.

The main agent (coordinator) delegates interactions to two sub-agents:

  1. order_collector: A task agent that collects the user's food order (from a menu of Pizza, Burger, Salad) and returns a structured list of selected items as a list[OrderItem].
  2. payment_collector: A task agent that collects the user's credit card and CVV information, returning a PaymentInfo object.

Once the tasks are completed, the coordinator automatically uses a place_order tool with the structured data returned by both agents.

Sample Inputs

  • I would like to order some food please.
  • I want 2 pizzas and 1 salad.
  • My credit card is 1234-5678-9012-3456 and my CVV is 123.

Graph

               [ coordinator ] --(uses)--> [ place_order (tool) ]
              /               \
             v                 v
   [ order_collector ]  [ payment_collector ]

How To

  1. Define a sub-agent with mode="task" and an output schema:

    order_collector = Agent(
        name="order_collector",
        mode="task",
        output_schema=list[OrderItem],
        ...
    )
  2. Assign it to a parent agent and use it in the instruction to collect the information:

    coordinator = Agent(
        sub_agents=[order_collector],
        instruction="Delegate using `order_collector`...",
        ...
    )